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Topic: Akshay Kumar

Kesari Chapter 2 is personal for Akshay Kumar. His father lived next to Jallianwala Bagh

Kesari Chapter 2 trailer launch in Delhi was attended by Akshay Kumar, producer Karan Johar, director Karan Singh Tyagi, along with actors R. Madhavan and Ananya Panday.

Akshay Kumar is back as Shiva in ‘Kannappa’. Fans point out missing Vasuki, Ganga

Based on the legend of Kannappa, a Shiva devotee, the Telugu film stars Vishnu Manchu in the titular role. It also features appearances from Prabhas, Mohanlal, and Kajal Aggarwal.

At Barroz trailer launch, Mohanlal says Akshay Kumar 100% professional, not him

The 3-D Malayalam film, Barroz: Guardian of Treasure, is Mohanlal’s directorial debut.

There’s too much Akshay Kumar on screen. Take a break and come back with a Hera Pheri

Every few months, a new release raises the question: Can this film save Akshay Kumar’s career? So far, the answer has been a resounding no.

OMG 2 doesn’t tread the tricky path of God & atheism. Marries tradition with education

Unlike Mehta, Kanti of OMG 2 relies on Hindu scriptures to argue his point. He steers clear of religious debates and instead emphasises the significance of Sanatana Dharma.

‘Hurt sentiments,’ Hindu outfit will give Rs 10 lakh to anyone who slaps actor Akshay Kumar

Agra’s Rashtriya Hindu Parishad Bharat has warned of sustained protests if the movie is not taken off theatres.

Switch on the TV, all Putin hears is ‘Naatu Naatu’ & break coconut, not nation

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Ram Setu to Selfiee, a season of flops for Akshay Kumar as 5 films tank one after another

The actor believes this happens because of 'one's own fault', but adds that there are also other factors at play behind Bollywood films not doing well lately.

Akshay Kumar’s Selfiee is another lukewarm Bollywood remake. Watch only for Emraan Hashmi

Raj Mehta, who last made waves in 2019 with Good-Newwz, is back with a new mass entertainer. But Selfiee—based on the 2019 Malayalam film...

With Akshay Kumar making chhole, Catch masala ad on track to make kitchen more masculine, equal

The best thing about the Catch masala ad, which also stars Bhumi Pednekar, is that it makes no ‘statement’. It just normalises a man in a kitchen.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.